Andrei Sakharov and Human Rights (2011)

Andrei Sakharov, Nobel Peace Prize winner and physicist, was a leading human rights activist in the Soviet Union, and one of the world's great thinkers. His principled messages contributed to the non-violent, revolutionary changes of 1989, and continue to influence work in favour of justice and human rights today. This book, containing selected human rights texts, is published as part of a series of initiatives highlighting how acutely relevant his ideas remain in our time.

II. Andrei Sakharov's vision and world view Prologue to My country and the worldReflections on progress, co-existence and intellectual freedom Postscript to Memorandum Interview with Olle Stenholm Nobel lecture: Peace, progress and human rights Open letter to the President of the Academy of Sciences Danger of thermonuclear war The inevitability of perestroika Concluding statement to the First Congress of People's Deputies

III. Human rights activitiesThe responsibility of scientists Eastern Europe: Sakharov's interview with a correspondent from the Italian newspaper, Corriere della Sera, January 26, 1977 The human rights movement in the USSRA Chronicle of Current Events The Initiative Group for the Defence of Human Rights The Moscow Human Rights Committee The Memorial Society Appeals and action Rehabilitation of StalinPrisoners of conscience and political prisonersPolitical trials and the rule of law Abolition of the death penalty Protection of the environmentInternational responsibility for human rights

Andrei Sakharov, Nobel Peace Prize winner and physicist, was a leading human rights activist in the Soviet Union, and one of the world's great thinkers. His principled messages contributed to the non-violent, revolutionary changes of 1989, and continue to influence work in favour of justice and human rights today. This book, containing selected human rights texts, is published as part of a series of initiatives highlighting how acutely relevant his ideas remain in our time.